Department of Personnel now with Adwani

An important addition has been made to the responsibilities of Deputy Prime Minister L K Adwani. He has now got the Ministry of Personnel which makes him the boss of the IAS and the CBI. Being the incharge of Home he is already controlling the IPS.We predicted on October 31.Rumours are agog in the corridors of power that the Department of Personnel, at present with the BJP's Rajasthan unit President, Vasundhara Raje Scindia, is most likely to go to Deputy PM, LK Advani

Cabinet Secretary asserts

Cabinet Secretary, Kamal Pandey, now seems to have started asserting over politicians otherwise the appointment of 1968 batch IAS officer Ravi Bhushan Budhiraja as Chairman, JLN Port Trust, would have never been possible. The Minister - Shipping, Ved Prakash Goel, it may pointed out, was trying whole hog to see 1970 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer VM Lal on the post. One can draw the conclusion that this is just a bureaucratic posting.

Avinash Shrivastava empanelled

Avinash Kumar Shrivastava has been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India during the last review meeting. 1982 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer, Shrivastava, is currently Director in the Ministry of Petroleum.

Stuti Kackar is new JS-Small Scale Industries

Stuti Kackar is the new Joint Secretary - Small Scale Industries in the Government of India. She is 1978 batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Mishra appointed Chief Secretary of Chhattisgarh

S K Mishra has been appointed new Chief Secretary of Chhattisgarh. 1968 batch IAS officer, Mishra, would succeed 1965 batch IAS officer Arun Kumar who is superannuating on January 31.

No 1982 batch in CBI

There is no 1982 batch IPS officer in the CBI. Now one can expect officer of this batch from TamilNadu.

New JS - Home to be from West Bengal

West Bengal cadre IAS officer is being appointed Joint Secretary - Home in the Government of India. The officer hails from TamilNadu.

Two posts of ADG lying vacant in BSF

Two ADG level posts are yet to be filled in the Border Security Force. Two posts are based in Chandigarh and Kolkata.

IAS associated with Cochin SE

V S Senthil has been associated with the Cochin Stock Exchange as SEBI representative. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of the Kerala cadre.

Retired IPS officer dies in Assam

Former DGP of Assam K Hrishikeshan died in Guwahati on Wednesday. 62 year old Hrishikeshan was retired IPS officer of 1964 batch.